Skirt.



Afforneyfl [NVENTOR PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.

W. BUSH.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 31, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BUSH, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO DAVID G. JONES, OFJACKSON, MICHIGAN.

. SKIRT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 761,200, dated May 31,1904. Application filed December 29, 1903. Serial No. 186,968. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BUSH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan,have invented new and useful Improvements in Skirts, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to dress-skirts, and is designed to provide aconstruction whereby the skirt may be adjusted or varied at the waistand hips to fit persons of different sizes, and has for its particularobject to provide an improved device of the kind characterized byfacility of adjustment and simplicity of parts.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the invention is illustrated,Figure 1 is a perspective view of the top part of a skirt with myinvention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional view; and Fig. 3 is aninside view, in elevation, of the portions of the skirt adjacent theplacket-opening.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the skirt, and 7 theplacket-opening. This opening may be formed at the back or side, and itis immaterial to the construction or operation of my device whether itis formed at the back or side.

8 indicates the waistband of ordinary construction, except that itterminates at the ends in tubular portions, (indicated at 9,) whichcontain gathering-tapes 10. These tapes are fixed at their inner ends tothe waistband at a distance from the placket-opening, as indi at l2,)and a buckle loop or eye 13 is fixed tothe opposite edge by threads, asindicated at 13. The hook 12 engages the eye 13 to fasten the skirt. Thebuckle portions 12 and 13 of these fastenings receive the ends of thetapes 10, and the said tapes may be adjusted in the buckles and fastenedby the prongs placket-opening and adjustably to the tapes in a mannersimilar to that described above at the waist.

The operation of the device to adjust or vary the waist or hip sizes ofthe skirt c0nsists in shirring the tubular portions on the tapes, whichare then fastened by the buckles, the hook and loop portions of whichmay then be utilized to fasten the skirt upon the wearer. The bucklesserve to hold the skirt at the adjustment set and also to form afastening device whereby the placket-opening is closed.

This dispenses with the use of separate adj usting and fastening devicesand has obvious advantages of simplicity and cheapness.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A skirt having a waistband the end portions of which are tubular,gathering-tapes in said portions and secured at their inner ends to theband, and hook-and-eye buckles fixed to the skirt at the edges of theplacket-opening and the ends of said tubular portions, in which bucklesthe gathering-tapes are respectively adjustable.

2. A skirthaving a placket, upper and lower tubular gathering portionsopening adjacent the placket-opening on each side, gatheringtapes insaid portions and fixed at their inner ends to the skirt, detachableplacket-closure devices fixed to the skirt at the openings of thetubular portions and having adjustable engagement with the tapes.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificationin thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM BUSH. Witnesses:

DAVID Jones, JAMES M. ADAMS.

